counterparts1 Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Hi, As admin, I never had a password (Blank, i just hit ENTER to log on to windows). I was playing around in SECURITY settings and was given suggestion (by Windows) that it is best if I had a password. I stupidly put 16 characters and it got accepted. Upon restart, I couldn't log on because the password has a maximum of 11 characters. I now can't reset as I can only get to Windows as GUEST. How do I get out of this mess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Welcome to the Windows Forum.We do not normally give support here with Windows password issues. However, yours seems to be quite a special case - having in good faith set a 16-character password, but only allowed 11 characters to sign in.I don't have the answer for you, but I may do some research later on.P.S. what is your Windows version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 How did it even accept the password? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 I dealt with a similar problem in W98. The way we got round that was to put in either (don't remember now) the first part of the password (first eleven in your case) or it may have been the last eleven ignoring the first part - if you follow.May not work in your case but, nothing to lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Does pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL at the logon screen show any other user choices? I've never tried it but I've heard that apparently it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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